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RTLS & Smart Lighting: a winning partnership!

RTLS & Smart Lighting: a winning partnership!

The need to trace goods and people in working contexts (factories, warehouses, offices, hospitals) is growing exponentially, and therefore the adoption of Smart Tracking technologies such as, for example, RTLS (Real-Time Locating Systems), is increasingly common. These solutions, in addition to the mere tracking of goods and people, are a valuable source of data collection of various...

Healthcare and increased personnel safety

Healthcare and increased personnel safety

The health emergency of recent years has highlighted how important is to ensure operational efficiency in Public Health. However, operational efficiency is not always easy to achieve, especially in the healthcare sector, where the causes of slack and delays are numerous. One of these is the frequent episodes of physical and verbal aggression against doctors...

Smart Buildings and quality of indoor environments

Smart Buildings and quality of indoor environments

We have already talked in one of our previous articles about the numerous advantages of Smart Buildings in the field of energy efficiency and sustainability (Smart Buildings: sustainability and energy efficiency). Smart Building, however, is not only synonymous with energy efficiency and sustainability, but also with comfort and health for those who reside there. In...

The importance of IoT for Smart Buildings

The importance of IoT for Smart Buildings

Today more and more buildings are designed, built and renovated according to Smart Building principles, to obtain intelligent and automated spaces for residential, commercial and corporate use. For this type of intervention, the Internet of Things plays a decisive role. It is thanks to the possibility provided by the IoT to make all systems interconnected...

Smart Buildings: sustainability and energy efficiency

Smart Buildings: sustainability and energy efficiency

On average, people spend 90% of their time indoors: home, office, school, gym. Not only that, in recent years, homes have acquired even more importance than they already had, so much so that 68% of Italians, in 2022, said they spent more time at home than in 2019. These results emerge from CasaDoxa 2022, the fifth...

Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons and Smart Buildings

Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons and Smart Buildings

Smart Buildings: Beacons are key to the Building IoT platform As organizations continue to invest in Smart Buildings to achieve greater efficiencies, cost savings, sustainability and convenience, a key component and unsung hero to the Building IoT platform are Bluetooth® Low Energy beacons. What are beacons, exactly? A beacon is a device that emits a radio...

Enhancing Museum Experiences with IoT

Enhancing Museum Experiences with IoT

The application of IoT technologies in museums has many advantages, both for visitors and curators. How can a museum leverage technology to improve its offerings? Beacons transform museums and cultural spaces into multimedia and immersive environments Beacons make museums and cultural spaces interactive. Just install beacons by placing them near the paintings: when a visitor approaches any painting,...

ATLAS Project – RTLS in healthcare sector

ATLAS Project – RTLS in healthcare sector

On September 1st, the research and development activities of the ATLAS project have started. ATLAS is co-financed by the POR CREO FESR Toscana 2014-2020 action 1.1.5 sub-action A1 – Call 1, “Strategic Research and Development Projects”, with financial support to benefit of BlueUp Srl equal to EUR 110 950.00. The ATLAS project aims to create...

BlueUp launches SafeX Tracer, wearable BLE device for contact tracing

BlueUp launches SafeX Tracer, wearable BLE device for contact tracing

BlueUp launches SafeX Tracer, a wearable Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device designed as a technological aid to control the distance between operators and the tracing of contacts in the workplace for post-emergency management of the Covid-19 epidemic. SafeX Tracer, when worn by an operator, is able to detect other nearby devices. When two or more operators approach each...

Smart beacon market expected to grow at a CAGR of 56% until 2023

Smart beacon market expected to grow at a CAGR of 56% until 2023

According to report Smart Beacon Market by Beacon Standard (iBeacon, Eddystone), Connectivity Type, Offering (Hardware, Software, Service), End Use (Retail, Transportation and Logistics, Public Gathering and Spaces), and Geography – Global Forecast to 2023, the smart beacon market is expected to be valued at USD 1,363.6 million in 2017 and is likely to reach USD 19,805.5...